New Zealand

We don’t enjoy big cities but we had to see the capital of all New Zealand, Wellington, a big, thriving and pretty city with ocean bay all around it. We are always drawn to capitol buildings and docks and both…

Summer in New Zealand, with the 4.5 million residents celebrating in the way we in the USA celebrate 4th of July with camping, picnics, swimming, beaches, and fireworks, was a very odd way for us Americans to celebrate Christmas and…

In New Zealand North Island State Highway 27 from the north to Rotorua is a beautiful road of wineries and dense conifer forests mixed with jungles of tall jungle fern trees. We stopped just inside Rotorua to see Rainbow Springs…

While at Lake Tekapo in the center of New Zealand’s South Island, Bill and I drove up to the Astro Cafe on Mount John for good food and spectacular views of the surrounding Southern Alps and lakes of MacKenzie Southern…

Fifteen flashlights shone downward as we gingerly picked our way through the bush. At the appropriate signal, we extinguished our lights, and 15 expectant adults gathered noiselessly behind our boot-and-camouflage-attired leader. As his sole light hopped and skipped across the…